Florida International University
Public Research University in Miami, FL. Six-year graduation rate 74%. Median 10-year earnings $60,249.
Students who entered Florida International University reach a median of $60,249 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 74% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $16,500, neither a bargain nor a burden. It also moves people — 5.2% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 55% of applicants are offered a place. With 32,855 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. 29% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 550–640 | 4,700 (90%) |
| SAT Math | 520–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–27 | 521 (10%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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74% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention is strong at 92%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Transfer-out runs to 14% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 24:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 38,761 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,178 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $7,003 while those at $110k+ pay $18,200. About 69% get grants averaging $8,772, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 19% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 3,376 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $7,003 |
| $30–48k | $7,873 |
| $48–75k | $10,925 |
| $75–110k | $14,568 |
| $110k+ | $18,200 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 7,438 of these 38,761 students, totalling $54,188,589 — an average of $7,285 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Miami-Dade County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)